msnbot/1.0-MM (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)

Comming from 65.54.164.###

[caspita]

Hi all,

Just noticed this new UA msnbot/1.0-MM (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm) (well, new for me). So far my site was being indexed only by msnbot/1.0 (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm) from 65.54.188.### IPs.

Any idea what is the MM about?

65.54.164.### seem a good IP for MSFT anyway.

CS.

[volatilegx]

It would be OK to post the complete IP address in this case :)

Maybe the "MM" stands for multimedia? Just a wild guess. Is it pulling any images, flash, or video?

[caspita]

Hi volatilegx,

The specific IP for this one is 65.54.164.48 and no, no multimedia files, it is requesting html files.

CS.

[GaryK]

It's a multimedia crawler. And a very impolite one at that! It was sucking down 3-5 pages per second on two of my photo-intensive sites until I banned it.